PRESS RELEASE 10-2-2011
Announcing the Formation of Funeral Consumers Alliance of South Dakota (FCASD)
Contacts:
Paula Efta
722 Joy Avenue Rapid City
SD 57701-2060
605-484-1362
Email: pjefta@gmail.com
Norma Kraemer
12856 Nemo Road
Deadwood SD 57732
605-342-2339
Email: nkraemer@q.com
Ken Vogele
1605 Palo Verde Drive
Rapid City SD 57701-4461
605-381-7224
Email: ken@vogelefamily.info
We are a non-profit organization without religious affiliation that is dedicated to helping people make funeral arrangements that are dignified, meaningful, affordable and consistent with their religious, philosophical, and ethical views.
We achieve this goal solely through consumer-education outreach. We sell no funeral services and all volunteers are unpaid. The two most important benefits of membership in FCASD are our twice annual funeral price survey (see attached) and the ability to contact a knowledgeable volunteer by phone essentially 24/7. We publish a newsletter, “Final Frontier,” twice annually. Our website is www.funerals-sd.org.
We welcome all to our annual meeting to be held on November 12, 2011 at 9:30 am in the Hoyt Room at the Rapid City Public Library. A short business meeting to elect our Board of Directors will be followed by a presentation titled “Let’s Talk Funerals.” There will be a question and answer session afterwards.
Most people know whether they prefer cremation or a funeral and whether they want a funeral or memorial service or no service at all. We help people communicate their wishes to family members and significant others so that these loved ones are not forced to make important funeral decisions at a time when they are emotionally vulnerable.
We willingly provide group presentations, printed materials and personal consultations. We serve residents primarily within a 150 mile radius of Rapid City but we have members across the state of SD and in adjacent areas. Our membership is open to all.
FCASD is one of more than 110 similar groups across the country, supported by the national Funeral Consumer Alliance (www.funerals.org).
